A Tale of Two Cities has always been one of Dickens's most popular texts. Using a variety of disciplinary approaches, this new collection of essays examines the origins of Dickens vision of the French Revolution, the literary power of the text itself, and its enduring place in British culture through stage and screen adaptations.

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Yes, you can access Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities and the French Revolution by C. Jones, J. McDonagh, J. Mee, C. Jones,J. McDonagh,J. Mee in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Literatura & Crítica literaria europea. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Year

2009

ISBN

9780230273894

Topic

Literatura

Subtopic

Crítica literaria europea

Cover
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction: A Tale of Two Cities in Context
2 The New Philosophy: The Substance and the Shadow in A Tale of Two Cities
3 The Redemptive Powers of Violence? Carlyle, Marx and Dickens
4 A Genealogy of Dr Manette
5 From the Old Bailey to Revolutionary France: The Trials of Charles Darnay
6 Face Value in A Tale of Two Cities
7 Counting on: A Tale of Two Cities
8 Mimi and the Matinée Idol: Martin-Harvey, Sydney Carton and the Staging of A Tale of Two Cities, 1860-1939
9 Sanguine Mirages, Cinematic Dreams: Things Seen and Things Imagined in the 1917 Fox Feature Film
10 Two Cities, Two Films
11 Afterword
Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Index